Priorities

After fighting, everything else in your life got the volume turned down.

This is a big month for me. In 11 days, I'll know whether or not I have what it takes to be a green belt. 

I love my martial arts school. I just recently found out that the US team, led by our founder, Master Lee, was the first overseas team to win the World Champion Kung Fu Competitions held in China. My idol, Master Flint was on that team.

In our system, getting to a blue belt is the equivalent of getting to most other schools' black belts. In a nutshell, other schools don't put you through half as much as our school does to earn your next rank.

I'm finding out a lot about myself. I know that I have more than I thought I did. I know that I could defend myself, if I had to. I know that no one's gonna put my head through a window, or punch me without me seeing it coming. This isn't to say that I couldn't be the victim of a violent crime; I'm simply saying that I've worked long and hard enough at this to make it second nature. 

There are so many distractions around me. As I've said before, there's always something going on; it's up to us to decide what to listen to and what to ignore.

I could be completely disheartened at the turn of events that are preceding this belt test, but I'm turning the volume down on everything else until after the end of this month. I'm in West Wind almost every day now. We all are, including Indy, and it feels good.  

All the other stuff will just have to take a backseat. My sights are set on the wearin' o' the green...